Archive for November, 2010

This year the Association for Youth and Students in Partium involved into the Green Eagle Tournament, organized by the Hungarian Student Association from Oradea , within the frame of the program FARE- Football Against Racism in Europe. The FARE- Football Against Racism in Europe program supports, at a European level, programs connected to football in the interest of football against prejudice, xenophobia and racial exclusion. The Green Eagle Tournament in autumn, with the support of the FARE program, was realized a football cup where Hungarian, Romanian, and Roma youngsters compete without prejudice, for the cup and the joy of football.

This was a project where The Carpathian Youth Association from Hungary (KIE) and us organized a 1.1. Bilateral Youth Exchange where we wisewd to share the experiences of the two associations in the field of social work, non-formal education, free time planning and helping underprivileged young people. Our objective was to organize an 8 day program in Baile Tusnad and in the outskirts of the city with the participation of 10-10 people. The main theme of the project explored the theoretical and practical possibilities of the social integration of these children (including a lot of roma children) who are growing up in orphanages or in child care homes. Besides these we put a big accent on the self-evolution of the participants, the informal teaching and on the organizing the free time in a way that this should be active.
During the exchange we discussed the problems of orphans. We have spent four days with the children of the Saint Laslie Child Care Center in Baile Tusnad, and many children around the city.
Between the 20 participants there were some, who could utilize the experiances gained during the project in the professional life, and there were participants entirely laic considering the learning. In the selection of the participants a factor was the chosing participants from both hungarian and romanian part, who are in a social disadvantage.

The MAFF has ended it has been a roller coaster experience for animation, poster, and puppet show lovers alike. We had animation contests, poster contests, the International Day of Animation, Polish day, and the Interactive puppet show day. For more details, please check the website of the Festival: www.maffestival.ro

The supporters of the Metrion Animation Film Festival were the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Sport si Tineret through the Direcţia Judeţeană pentru Tineret Bihor and the Szülőföld Alap.